Local History Room
Located on the mezzanine of the Southington Public Library, our Local History Room contains resources that may be useful to family historians and genealogists.
The resources in our local history room include those listed below:
The resources in our local history room include those listed below:
- Most Southington yearbooks from 1926-Present
- Southington Town Directories dating back to the late 1800s
- Cemetery Directories
- Historic House Survey
- Town of Southington Annual Reports
- Historical Southington Newspapers (digitized)
- Miscellaneous Connecticut Newspapers (digitized)
- Books on Southington history and personages
- Books on Connecticut history where it overlaps with the history of Southington
- Genealogical resources
We have begun to digitize our local history collection and you may access those resources below:
Digital Southington High School Yearbooks
Captain Andrew Upson’s Civil War Letters
Miscellaneous Histories on Google Drive:
Volumes in our collection are also available through the Internet Archive:
Digital Southington High School Yearbooks
- Southington High School Yearbooks (1951-1989)
- Lewis High School Chronicle (1926-1990)
- The Emblem (1911-1975)
- Record of SLAA Reunion (1884-1932)
- School Report of the Town of Southington (1916-1970)
- SLAA Register (1900)
Captain Andrew Upson’s Civil War Letters
- Scanned letters (PDF)
- Transcribed letters (PDF)
Miscellaneous Histories on Google Drive:
- Bradley Memorial Hospital History
- Farmington Canal
- Southington Architecture
- Southington Business and Industry
- Southington Cemeteries and Memorial Records
- Southington Churches
- Southington Clubs
- Southington History
- Southington Library
- Southington News 100th Anniversary Special Edition
- Southington Schools
- Southington Wars and Veterans
- Town of Southington
Volumes in our collection are also available through the Internet Archive:
- Burpee's The Story of Connecticut
- Ecclesiastical and Other Sketches of Southington, Conn
- The Memorial History of Hartford County, Connecticut, 1633-1884; Volume II
- Men of Mark in Connecticut; ideals of American life told in biographies and autobiographies of eminent living Americans, Vol I
- Men of Mark in Connecticut; ideals of American life told in biographies and autobiographies of eminent living Americans, Vol II
- Men of Mark in Connecticut; ideals of American life told in biographies and autobiographies of eminent living Americans, Vol III
- Men of Mark in Connecticut; ideals of American life told in biographies and autobiographies of eminent living Americans, Vol IV
- Men of Mark in Connecticut; ideals of American life told in biographies and autobiographies of eminent living Americans, Vol V
- Some Tales of Southington